Desktop Bridge

Benefits of the Desktop Bridge

Streamlined deploymentUsers can confidently install and update apps and games that use the Desktop Bridge. And developers spend less time authoring setup experiences and keeping users up to date.

Greater reach and simpler monetizationDistributing through the Microsoft Store lets you reach millions of Windows 10 users who can acquire apps, games, and in-app purchases with local payment options.

More opportunities across devices Using the Desktop Bridge, you can gradually migrate your code to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) to reach every Windows 10 device, including phones, Xbox One, and HoloLens.

Convert your apps and games so your users have smooth installation and update experiences. Then distribute through the Microsoft Store or keep using your existing channels. Finally, modernize with the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) to increase user engagement and reach all Windows devices.

Learn how to use extensions in your converted desktop application to run startup tasks, integrate with File Explorer, add app-execution aliases, and work with various file types and protocol associations.

This course walks you through how to bring your existing desktop application to UWP via the desktop bridge, showing you how to convert, extend, enhance and migrate your app or game.

We're excited to bring our full-featured Evernote app to the Windows Store. The Desktop Bridge vastly simplifies our installer and uninstaller. It also opens up UWP APIs that we’ve taken advantage of, including the live tiles and notifications. And having the full-featured Evernote app in the Windows Store means future improvements will reach users faster.

Windows Developer CVP, Kevin Gallo, discusses the latest improvements for the Desktop Bridge, and announces that the first set of apps built using the Desktop Bridge are becoming available in the Microsoft Store.

Learn how the latest Windows 10 platform and tooling improvements make it easy to use the Universal Windows deployment technology for your desktop applications, modernize them with Windows 10 features, and migrate them to the Universal Windows Platform.